The other day I opened the lid of the water jug to drink water. I was about to drink water but suddenly I spotted something in the transparency of the water. I saw some ants and thought that by mistake they had fallen in the jug and all are dead. But when I observed them closely I found that they are approximately 40-50 in number and all of them were alive. I wanted to drink water instantly so without taking much interest I slowly poured out water in the wash basin and the ants dispersed as they came out. I rinsed the jug two- three times, scrubbed it with brush, thinking that some eatable parts might be inside the jug. Then I went to water cooler and filled the jug with fresh and chilled water.
Night passed. The next day again I found ants. I was surprised this time and again did the same thing which I did the day before. This time I was keen to know why the ants were coming inside my jug. The third day same thing happened and I got fed up of this thing. Finally I took other jug from the mess and started drinking water from it.
The scientific reason that I can think is that there is still some deposit in the water jug or some essence that is attracting the ants. (Who has time to remove these microscopic things..)
The imaginative reason which first came to my mind was that this is an evolution and ants are forming colonies on water…!! What say? I have still kept water in that jug and those little creatures venture and stay (group swim ..hehe) in it..
4 comments:
i will tell u what those ants where doing there...its the deposit on the bottom of jugs which gets the ants there...happens with "not so clean" utensils
n its nothing about evolution madam...so good thing u got the new jugs :D
Hi buddy,
Thank you for enlightening me with this fact...So its time to clean the jug thoroughly... :) But then still I am thinking that the smell of the food (which probably is at the bottom of the jug ) is too strong to make them take over the surface of water. And they stayed there for three days... This is first time in my life I saw this kind of behavior of ants... Alas!! all are dead now ... :( :( ...
Being a MBA student I can say that this is a classic example of "strive for something you are passionate about until you are dead" ..(I would like to contradict my self here as this is not a practical way to look at life)
heheheh.. evolution??
@Nasia,
Well imaginary thing that 1st came to my mind. Scientifically it is not possible. hehehehe
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